Battery life is one of the most important factors while buying the smartphone. So it is not surprising that the difference in battery life between Samsung as well as TSMC’s A9 chip is getting so much attention. Apple has also acknowledge that there is indeed a difference between TSMC and Samsung’s A9 chip through it insists that the variation is minimal. Now you would like to check what’s the chip you have in your iPhone 6S or iPhone 6S plus. If you’re not aware of how to check then simply follow the steps given below :
How to check whether your iPhone 6S or 6S plus has TSMC or Samsung A9 chip :
- Initially you have to download Memory system status monitor which is free application from Apple App Store.
- Launch the BMSSM application on your iPhone 6S or iPhone 6S plus.
- Now tap on the system tab at the top of the system.
- It displays the information such as the model, name, OS, Kernel, number of CPUs, Cache Line Size, L1 Cache Size etc of your iPhone.
- The model name will tell you whether you have a TSMC or Samsung A9 chip inside your iPhone where N66mAP and N71mAP represents TSMC A9 chip of iPhone 6S plus and iPhone 6S and N66AP, N71AP represents Samsung A9 chip of iPhone 6S plus and iPhone 6S.
